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  2. Contra-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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    Contra-rotating propellers Contra-rotating propellers on the Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51XR Mustang Precious Metal at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Aircraft equipped with contra-rotating propellers (CRP) [1] coaxial contra-rotating propellers, or high-speed propellers, apply the maximum power of usually a single piston engine or turboprop engine to drive a pair of coaxial propellers in contra ...

  3. Counter-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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    Counter-rotating propellers (CRP) are propellers which turn in opposite directions to each other. [1] They are used on some twin- and multi-engine propeller-driven aircraft. The propellers on most conventional twin-engined aircraft turn clockwise (as viewed from behind the engine). Counter-rotating propellers generally turn clockwise on the ...

  4. Contra-rotating - Wikipedia

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    Contra-rotating, also referred to as coaxial contra-rotating, is a technique whereby parts of a mechanism rotate in opposite directions about a common axis, usually to minimise the effect of torque. Examples include some aircraft propellers , resulting in the maximum power of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in ...

  5. Coaxial-rotor aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose rotors are mounted one above the other on concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but turning in opposite directions (contra-rotating). This rotor configuration is a feature of helicopters produced by the Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau.

  6. Talk:Contra-rotating propellers/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    4 Contra-rotating vs. counter-rotating. 4 comments. 5 simple physics of CR props. 2 comments. 6 ultralights. 6 comments. 7 Several articles xref contra-rotating ...

  7. Contra-rotating marine propellers - Wikipedia

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    However, in commercial ships and in traditional machinery arrangement, contra-rotating propellers are rare, due to cost and complexity. ABB provided an azimuth thruster for ShinNihonkai Ferries in form of the CRP Azipod , [ 2 ] claiming efficiency gains from the propeller (about 10% increase [ 3 ] ) and a simpler hull design.

  8. Propeller theory - Wikipedia

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    The flow field behind the aft propeller of a contra-rotating set has very little "swirl", and this reduction in energy loss is seen as an increased efficiency of the aft propeller. An azimuthing propeller is a propeller that turns around the vertical axis. The individual airfoil-shaped blades turn as the propeller moves so that they are always ...

  9. Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Dowty Rotol R391 six-blade composite controllable- and reversible-pitch propeller of a C-130J Super Hercules. In aeronautics, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller (airscrew) with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch.